Jessica Hunt

[Jodi Kantor @jodikantor]

This thread is for parents of teenagers. I have something for you: the first chapter of @ronlieber’s THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR COLLEGE. Because ye gods, here’s what we and our kids are facing. https://t.co/aHpyrY2Cl2

[The Guardian @guardian]

Broom to Zoom: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler launch new Covid tales https://t.co/099CyRPdo3

[Mellon Foundation @MellonFdn]

Amanda Gorman, the first-ever @librarycongress National Youth Poet Laureate, will go on to achieve another first next Wednesday as our nation's youngest-ever inaugural poet: https://t.co/RVU9eKC3ag
#Inauguration2021 #Poetry

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

How Traffic Alters the Social Life of Streets

In his 1972 study, Donald Appleyard showed how traffic rates influence social interactions & friendships.

Heavy Traffic St. 🚗🚗🚗🚗
0.9 Friends😀
3.1 acquaintances

Light Traffic St. 🚗
3.0 friends 😀😀😀
6.3 acquaintances

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

The weather-inspired classical music piece has been upgraded to reflect how the climate will be in the future, with everything from violent storms to wildfires to complete silence when rising sea levels drown cities. https://t.co/Ez6oaeuVXt

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

Edmonton opens a public ice climbing wall tomorrow in an effort to give people more to do outdoors this winter.❤️❄️ #EmbraceWinter
📸 @EdmontonSkiClub

[Reuters @Reuters]

At the popular French ski resort of Chamonix, the lifts are closed, restaurants shuttered and bars empty https://t.co/r4G0xTDw9e

[By Degrees° @nhprclimate]

Climate migration is coming to northern New England. For a region with a greying, largely white population, it could create growth - or, without good planning, disruption. A remix of our recent @OutsideInRadio ep: https://t.co/2IAAtWof4v

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @ReverendWarnock, first Black Senator from Georgia, will join a Catholic POTUS & the first woman, Black + Indian VP in our nation’s capital. God bless America.

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Vermont's Republican governor, who opposed Trump in the election, has called for his removal. Waiting to see who else in the GOP will follow.

[Craig Welch @CraigAWelch]

Incredibly smart question from Van Jones just now @CNN

"Is this the end of something, or the beginning of something? Is this the death throes of something, or the birth pains of something" worse?

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Scientists have identified a previously unknown population of blue whales with their own signature song: a slow, bellowing ballad that’s distinct from any other whale song ever documented. https://t.co/sq8VWZNgPO

[Reuters @Reuters]

Zoom's Christmas gift: no cap on call lengths over the holidays https://t.co/GI9LL1jgzg

[The Guardian @guardian]

Experience: I lived as a wild turkey https://t.co/0krlFwY6hg

[Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews]

Maine has seen more than 1,000 wildfires this year, driven by drought and pandemic
https://t.co/izVUnvmCC7

[Jessica Hunt @Jessica_Hunt1]

The first free modern public library was opened in 1833 in Peterborough, N.H.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

After Chicago canceled late fees for library books:
*83% increase in books returned
*11,000 people got their library card back
*7% growth in books checked out
*Lost $900k in fees - 0.009% of city budget

Amazing what happens when you decriminalize poverty
https://t.co/sSOeXMMSSB

[Jessica Hunt @Jessica_Hunt1]

As if I wasn’t glued to Twitter enough already! https://t.co/knbNO1EnSe

[Jessica Hunt @Jessica_Hunt1]

NH friends, share your historic voting photos with [email protected]!

[Jessica Hunt @Jessica_Hunt1]

I too gobble down every episode of #GBBO and yet agree with this five-point manifesto to save The Great British Bake Off (but I refuse to use the American name) https://t.co/5BvFAtywlC

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

"We could slow climate change by dimming the sun. But should we?" by @Thor_Benson for @DigitalTrends: https://t.co/NmIEzSkfMP